/**
 * Copyright 2012 Brigham Young University
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package edu.byu.nlp.al;

/**
 * Request to service the annotation.
 * 
 * @author rah67
 *
 */
public interface StoreAnnotationRequest<L> {
	long getAnnotatorId();
	long getRequestId();
	L getAnnotation();
	
	//
	// Time stamps
	//
	long getRequestIssuedTime();
	// The gap b/t request issued and request received is latency and time required to service request.
	long getInstanceReceivedTime();
	// The gap b/t request received and annotation start is rendering
	long getAnnotationStartTime();
	// The gap b/t annotation start and end times is the annotation time
	long getAnnotationEndTime();
	long getResponseSentTime();
}
